Water purifers for the village

The first of the water purifers have now arrived at Bay Njor village on Koh Rong island where The Dive Shop have their dive operation and accommodation.

The water purifers filter water from a natural source (eg a well or stream)through a silver lined clay pot to make it clean enough to drink. The cost of one water purifer is $10. The Dive Shop have donated 5 to date with more on the way.

The idea behind the water purifers is to make a start in combating many of the illnesses the villagers suffer from by drinking unclean water. We have tested this filters before hand on our dive staff and even the owners, Rudy & Irfan, of The Dive Shop. We are glad to say we haven't lost anyone yet! With the tests are a success we have now started to use them for our daily drinking supply which in turn stops the necessity of environmentally unfriendly plastic bottles.

Welcome

We would like to welcome Eric who brings our number of instructors up to four just in time for the dry season. Eric has worked at The Dive Shop before as a Dive Master and general handyman/dogs body. He took his instructors certification earlier this year in Thailand and speaks native French and fluent English.


Welcome also to Giorgio our new Dive Master Trainee who comes from Italy. He learnt to dive with us earlier in the year and was instantly hooked on the wonders of being underwater. He didn't take much persuading to return to us to make this his new career! Was it the charismatic team we have, the beautiful island of Koh Rong, the wide array of marine life or possibly the whole package? To know that you will have to join us and ask Giorgio himself!

CONGRATUALTIONS JULIE!

Congratulations to Julie who after weeks of hard work has finally passed her Dive Master course with flying colours. We wish her much success in the future with her new career and look forward to her returning for her Instructors course.

Low Season Diving!

Wow, what a 'low season'. Yet again we have run right through the 'rainy' season and got in some tremendous diving. With visibility in August reaching a 'low' season high of 12metres and the seas pretty much to ourselves this is an awesome time to dive.

Liveaboard dates

We have now finalised the dates for our liveaboard experience and they can be found on our website. We have extended the dates this year to include every weekend of the high season starting the first weekend of November. The weekend trips will be 2 days and 1 night leaving early on Saturday morning so all you Phnom Penh city dwellers can take full advantage of this weekend getaway and explore the beautiful island of Koh Tang.

Building work on Koh Rong-

The building work is coming along well with the dormitory, customer common area,toilets and kitchen now finished on the pier. Come and visit this beautiful island with us, see jungle growing right down to white sand beaches or laze in a hammock in our communal area looking at the view across to Koh Koun and Koh Rong Samloem. Divers and Non-Divers welcome!

New Staff

We would like to welcome both Sothea and Kanha to our team. Both girls are from Sihanoukville and are keen to learn about the dive industry. Sothea and Kanha speak excellent English and are a great addition to our team. They are both learning how to swim with a view to one day learning how to dive themselves.